Mail box



NOV. 11, 1930. O, AARSETH 1,781,264

- MAIL BOX Filed July 16, 1928 flleMAansaZk,

M ii INVENTOR Ingmn WITNESS: 9 AT RNEY sure, will gravitate to. closedposition, and the 'cloor'it2i'has its outerface,iadjacentto dtsj 65 iPatented mail, 1930 i r 13 12 4 i j a UN ITED STATESPLATENTO v i mm, onn, rim-Eg j a a it i Application filed July 16, 1925. sten 25 1,

My presest invention has reference to a. sustain.the boxireasonablytight onthepost: rural mail box and my objects are tomount andlthetrack) "Ilhis tensionicanbemdiusted ainail box ona single'boltwithsutficient through theinedium of thernuts tl; 3 tension to hold the boxreasonably tight on Thef-boxnhas iits o'pen end:closedbywmstide 5 thesupporting post so that should the mail (100F121,Thesiideandtoptedgesnof the-door; at".

collector drive against the box it will be are preferabl yfiangedgasiat13, and the aboti swung out of theway without damage totomrofrthewdoor may-benolledgas Mild-"mile: thebox or to the collector,and to further p'l'ates opposite.theroundedlower-rolled r 3 provide thebox with a slide door which is edge-14bit the doorl 12 iis :Ipreferablycutat l hinged, to two arms: that are themselves an inclinationg so thatthe-saidendild ofnthe to 1 hinged or pivoted to the box: so that thesaid doom-may bets readilyfigrasped bywthe-maili j door will not extendforwardly from the box man fonsli clingi the: door OVGI thGi topvofithe"toward the road. and when opened will swing boxir3nin ai manner whichiwill notvwbe 1deover the top of the box and by a slight presscribedn:In the ishowingxof the"draw'ings;

which will by its own weight, remain in such rcl le l gor 'beadedoend''la formed: with spaced closed position. 7 ears lfiwarrdlii n' thesaidwshowingthereii'is To the attainment of the foregoing theinpassedthrough these ears thevcentral hpor' vention consists in the improvementas here tion ditlfof substantially u shaped member. inafter describedand definitely claimed. The armslwlmfiof.ilthetlilshaped member are 7.0.In the drawings: l i pivoted or hingedly secured, as at 18, to the iFigure 1 is a perspectiveview of my n11 sides of the box 3. This is animportant feaprovement. a i i ture of the invention, as the door may beFigure 2 is an approximate longitudinal readily swung over the top ofthe box toopen 25 sectional View. a i the said box and by aslightpressure thereon (Figure 3 is a detailsecticnal vi w on the the saiddoor will slide to closed position, line 3-3 of Figure 2. i y and byvirtue of the weigth of the door the f In the drawings similar referencecharac- Same will remain in such closed position. ters designatecoresponding parts through- As only a slight pressure is required for pi i closing the door, the said door, should the an In. the drawings, thenumeral 1 indicates ame remain accidentally Open, may be influasupporting post. On the sides of this post enced by the wind to causethe same to slide atrthe top thereof, there are fixed the ends to closedposition. i i of a substantially U-shaped metal member, In the showingof the drawings I have I 2 which may be termed the trackfor the mailillustrated one side of the box provided with box. Fixed to one of thesides of the track a pivotally supporting flag 21, the pivot for v 2,adjacent the outer rounded end thereof, the flag being indicated by thenumeral 20 as indicated by the numeral 11, there is the and also in thesaid showing the wire arm of angle end 10 of a metal plate 8 that is anthe flag has an angle extension 22 which i ranged below the track.merges into a hook-shaped end 23. Also in Q9 The mail box 3 haspreferably secured to the showing of the drawings I have shown i theunder face of its bottom 4 a wooden or a the top of the box providedwith a clip or like strip 5whichrestsjdirectly upon the top eye member24: through which is passed the of the supporting post 1 and on theupper central rounded portion of a wirestrand 25. edge of the track 2.There is passed through The parallel arms of the wire 25 are twisted .95the bottom 4:, the plate 5 and the element 8, upon themselves, as at 26,and from thence the shank of a headed bolt 6, the said bolt extended toprovide gripping elements 27 to 1 having screwed thereon nuts 9 whichcontact engage therebetween stamps, etc., the said with the oppositefaces ofthe element 8. The grippingelements merging into eye membersbolt. is thus held under suflicient tension to 28. However, I wish itunderstood that I do 1 06 I I I H 7 or 7 1,781,264 I not claim the flagnor the wire member pro-Z vided with the gripping portions 27, as suchare old and well known in the art.

Withmy improvement it will be noted that I should the mailcollector'driveagainst the box itwill be swung upon its pivot bolt out-Y of-thesway without damage to the box or to, 7'

r the collector. I It will be further-noted that 1- Y Z i V I do notemploy a hinged door as suchdoors; 5 e; 10 arenot only liableitobreakage by the opening and closing thereof, and especially by theoutward opening of this type of doors in, e the direction of the road,but in lieu thereof I employ a slide door which is reall in the natureof a trap door and which w1ll at all times. remainclosed by its ownweight; 4 y "Having described the invention, Iflclaim:

A letter'box comprising an elongated reh "ceptacle having 'oneend open.to formianen- V T "trance, -a door for said entrance,flange s ontheside and upper edgeszof thedoorand adapted'to engagevover thecorrespondingportionsjofthe-receptacle,a rolled flange on theilower'edge'of the door and projecting 2 below the=receptacle,*apairofve'ars on "the door adjacent the lower edge thereof,-and= au-shaped vmember: having the endsof .the .arm'portions thereof;pivotedto the sides of 1 V the receptacle intermediate the ends of the Ilatter, said U=shaped member having the web portion thereofpass throughtheears to per mit' the doorto swing upwardly and horizontallyover-thejreceptacle. V V,

In testimony whereof I afi'ix my signature. I I v OLE-M. AARSETH.

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